Assembly Hall, EdinburghThe #MeToo activist made herself a refuge, where orbs shimmer and we can be our best selves. What a pity she spends this frustrating show wafting around like a refuge…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghParading her sex life, friendships and militant subjectivity, the triumphantly profane comedian takes a step into the big league The men have gone sensitive, it…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup, who was circumcised as an infant, gets het up in a show where the polemic overshadows the comedy Dick jokes are as old as comedy, but few " Richard…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMining the comedy of motivational seminars with a delectably clownish touch, this double act could make anything funny Self-help and motivational speaking have …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThree neighbours in a Parisian apartment block squabble, fall in love and steal each other's biscuits in an appealing wordless comedy It won a Molière award in…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPolitics and family tensions fuel a precision-engineered debut show that fuses the mundane with the terrifying to smart effect Janine Harouni's dilemma is that …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSociety's 'follow your dreams' mantra is pulled apart in a poignant show that tackles race, class and brotherly love Is standup the perfect meritocracy? That's …
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA group of friends have their worldviews picked apart by a seductive stranger in Jonathan Caren's well-acted drama Stag parties are where masculinity supposedly …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRaucous and rude, the standup provides a whirlwind tour of her sexual history and blows past all objections with the G-force gusto of her performance You might …
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Australian absurdist lays waste to standup convention with glee and skill " but is she too clever for her own good? No gimmicks, promises Zoë Coombs Mar…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe most physical third of the sketch group Daphne makes his solo standup debut with a considered rumination on class identity and social mobility George Fourac…
Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh The standup tenderly hymns the joys of new parenthood in this delightful, tightly focused show Having a baby is about as far from unique an experience as it's po…
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Kathy Burke directs Amy Booth-Steel's feelgood, if cliched, chronicle of cancer and PTSD Five years ago, Amy Booth-Steel was a jobbing actor, when she was diagnosed…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghMore anarchic comedy, sexual frankness and in-yer-face clowning from the director behind Natalie Palamides Is there a more singular style in comedy than Dr Brown…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe polemicist style of his early work may have given way to a more conflicted thinker but the comedy remains emphatic Ahir Shah has long joked about the contr…
Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghKitson delivers a last-minute set of quarter-baked routines, but it's still a pleasure to be entertained by his unique humour It's from one extreme to the other w…
Her last standup show, about working in a New York sex dungeon, was a fringe hit " and is now bound for TV. How will she top it? Desiree Burch is putting the finishing touches to her new Edi…
Summerhall, EdinburghRecounting his experiences with a stalker, the comedian seems to live the horror afresh in a gripping show If you followed Richard Gadd's career up to his Edinburgh come…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe incarnation of a woke social media caricature raises a few smiles but mostly pokes predictable fun at the softest of targets Only the terminally woke would…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghCohen crackles with attitude as she serves up an alarming but entertaining song-and-chat about sex, love and self-image One of the most eye-catching newcomers a…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRobins delivers a masterclass in tone, tempo and character as he shares his failed attempts at flirting and home improvement If you're John Robins, there's alwa…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn her show Venus, the standup explores her sexuality, education and how black people are used as props in white narratives 'What colour am I?" Sophie Duker as…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic best known as a cheeky-chappy explores male emotional inarticulacy and antisemitism When you've pranked Theresa May at the Tory conference, or public…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonOne of the US's most outspoken social commentators tackles sex and gender in a sparky show that confirms her place in the big league 'I've learned a lot," sa…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonNow in his mid-60s, the comedian is still delivering beautifully honed, brilliantly timed observations on everyday life 'I feel like a blacksmith up here sometimes,…